[ictebres]

The way we have been increasing life expectancy is incremental improvements to treatments of diseases. Trying to fix symptoms of aging one by one ends up expensive: We find better treatment which not only extends life span but paves the way for diseases that are harder/more expensive to treat.

The research I am excited about is to fight the aging process itself, which is the root cause of many costly/rough health problems old people have to live through. So if we find a novel way to extend life span and maybe in turn put a limit to the biological age, it would bring down the costs due to less cancer, dementia, etc.

So I’m really excited about the research in life extension. Although even if it works, it won't be easy to apply it 'correctly'.

[notriddle]

The problem is that there isn't am aging process. There's a bunch of changes that happen to you over time, all of which people think of as "aging."